Here's the prologue to a new story that I have created.
Bullets flew past Korra's head, just barely missing her. She hid behind a crate full of something or another. She didn't care. She grunted as she reloaded ammunition into her gun. She raised her hand over the crate as she shot blindly at the group that was shooting at her.
"You're not gonna get away with this!" A man shouted.
"We will kill you!" Another promised
Korra ignored them and focused on not getting shot. She stayed as close to the ground as she could to avoid getting a face full of lead. Fuck...where the hell is everyone? They had all gotten separated during the attack. Some went after Bolin, some went after Asami, others went after the twins and it seemed like the majority of them went after Korra. It made sense since she had basically killed the leader of the group.
Still, why did they all have to come after me?
Korra chided herself at the thought. Of course, she didn't want all of these bastards coming after her but deep down, she was glad that most of them did come after her. At least she knew that the others didn't have as much to worry about.
But that didn't mean that they couldn't take care of themselves. Korra knew damn well that the others could take care of themselves just fine. Besides, they had saved Korra's life more than once.
Korra raised her hand over the crates and shot some more bullets in the other group's direction. She then brought her hand back as to not get her hand blown off. The last thing she needed was to loose her right hand and have to be forced to use her left. That wouldn't be good.
"Come out so we can kill you!"
"You'll pay for what you did!"
As if, Korra thought.
Suddenly, Korra heard grunting come from behind a crate on her right. As quick as lightning, Korra turned in the mentioned direction and raised her gun at the person crawling out from behind the crates.
"Don't shoot!" Bolin exclaimed over the sound of gunfire.
"Bolin." Korra sighed as she lowered her gun from his forehead. Good thing she looked before shooting. That would have been bad. "What are you doing? You need to get out of here!"
Korra took a better look at her friend. His hair was all over the place and he had a bloody cut on his face. His jacket was ripped and it was soaked with blood on the left side. He was clutching his left shoulder. Korra wondered why he was doing that when she pieced two and two together.
"You've been shot!" Korra stated.
Bolin just chuckled. "Yeah no shit. I'll be okay."
"Bolin, you already lost so much blood. There is no way that you'll be okay. I can't believe that you haven't past out yet from blood lose."
"I didn't loose that much blood, Korra."
"Bo! You're jacket on the left side is completely soaked!"
"Korra! I'm fine! I'll be okay! Okay?"
Korra studied him for a bit. His face was twisted in agony and he looked like he was about to pass out from the pain. Who wouldn't? Being shot hurt like a bitch. Korra would know. Still, Bolin looked as if he was ready for a fight. He probably was. Korra had learned a long time ago that if Bolin said that he was all right, then he was going to be all right.
"Okay." Korra finally said, reluctantly. She raised her hand over the crate again and fired more bullets. Do you know where everyone else is?"
"I saw the twins run out together after they helped me take out some of these bastards. I told them to wait for us. They should be out there now."
"Are they going to be okay on their own?"
"Korra, trust me. They may be young but they are tough as hell. They'll be fine."
Korra nodded as more bullets flew past.
"Come the fuck out!" A man yelled.
"Fuck you!" Bolin yelled back.
"Where's Asami?" Korra asked.
"I don't know." Bolin replied. He was panting and clutching his shoulder tighter. "I haven't seen her since the attack started."
"Fuck...do you think they-"
"No. I don't. Asami is so much smarter than they are and she tough. I'm sure she got out."
Korra nodded again. Bolin reassuring her was what she needed. Still, she couldn't help but wonder if Asami was really okay. She hoped she was. She didn't have much time to think about it. She raised her hand over the crate again and fired more bullets.
"We will-" The man didn't get a chance to finish the sentence as a bullet entered his skull. He fell to the ground with his eyes opened as dark blood poured out of the new hole that had been created by Korra.
Korra fired more bullets. She kept firing until she heard a dull click. She brought her hand back and aimed forward, pulling the trigger and being rewarded with another dull click.
"Fuck." Korra muttered. "I'm out. Do you have more bullets?"
Bolin shook his head, his face getting paler and paler by the second. "No. I ran out a while ago."
"Damn it. We need to get out of here."
"Yeah, but how?"
Korra hadn't exactly thought that far ahead yet. She looked around and saw nothing but more boxes and crates. Oh, and dead bodies. Hopefully they hadn't reanimated yet. It was bad enough they had these sick fuckers to worry about, they didn't need any of these dead corpses coming around and making an even bigger mess of things.
But how were they going to get out? Maybe they could duck and cover? There were enough crates to do that. Korra got to her hands and knee and tried to crawl over to another crate. She had to pull back when a bullet flew right past her nose. She pressed herself back to her original cover next to Bolin, who was panting even harder.
"Okay." Korra muttered nearly in shock about almost dying. Again. "Running and hiding behind cover isn't an option."
Korra continued to think of a way for both of them to get out alive. It was hard with all of the bullets flying around. Duck and cover wasn't going to happen since neither of them had ammo. Shooting their way out wasn't going to happen for the same reason. Just sitting here was just going to get them killed anyway. Fuck, how the hell were they going to get out of here?
"Distraction." Bolin muttered.
Korra looked at him. "What?"
"We...we need a distraction."
"Okay? What kind of distraction?"
Bolin looked like he was going to regret what he was about to say. "See that door over there?" He pointed to a set of double doors on the far left.
"Yeah." Korra stated.
"We they were giving us a tour, I snuck away and went to see what was inside there. Korra, there are a ton of explosives in there."
"So?"
"So, I'm going to run in there was lead as many as I can in there. It'll give you a chance to get out and find the twins and Asami."
"What? No! Bolin, that's suicide!"
"It's not! All of the explosives are locked away in steel boxes. Bullets won't make a dent in that."
"No! You don't know what will happen if you go in there! Worst case scenario the whole place will explode with you inside it!"
"Best case scenario I get out and meet the rest of you back at the camp!"
"No! You're already hurt! You can't risk your life like this! I should be the one to distract them and you should get out and meet the rest of the group!"
"No Korra! You have something to live for! You have Asami and you treat the twins as if they're your own! I don't."
"Yes you do!" Korra countered. "Bolin we need you. You keep us together! You lighten the mood and you saved all of our lives more that I can count. You-"
Bolin took Korra's shoulders and forced her to stop talking. He looked deep in her eyes. Blue against green. His eyes were filled with determination. They had a silent staring contest as more bullets flew past.
"I have to do this." Bolin said quietly. "I have to. For Mako and Opal."
Korra felt tears well in her eyes. "Mako wouldn't want you to do this and what happened to Opal wasn't your fault."
Bolin smiled sadly. "Yes he would. He'd want me to die protecting you. And what happened to Opal was my fault and this is how I'm going to make it up to her."
Footsteps were slowly approaching them.
"There isn't time." Bolin stated. "If I die, I die. If I live, I'll meet you all at the camp."
Korra surged forward and him in a tight embrace, hot tears sliding down her grimy face, leaving streaks. She didn't want to admit it, But she knew that this was the only way and the best chance for them to get out alive.
Even if it was just one of them.
"Please be careful." Korra whispered.
"I will." Bolin replied, just a quiet.
Korra pulled away, not even caring that she got Bolin's blood all over her shirt. She wiped away at her tears.
"I love you." She stated.
"I love you too."
Korra reached into her belt and pulled out a knife. She handed it to Bolin.
"Please be careful." She muttered.
"I already told you I would." Bolin said lightly. "When I get up, you leave as soon as possible. Find Asami and the twins and get out of here. Okay?"
"Bolin..."
"Okay?"
"...okay..."
They gave each other one final hug that felt too much like a goodbye. They pulled away, both with fresh tears in their eyes. Bolin took a deep breath and gathered as much energy as he could and stood up from his cover.
"HEY!" He shouted, dodging behind a tall crate as a bullet grazed past him. "I'M HERE! COME AND GET ME!"
Bolin ran as fast as he could to the double doors. Even though he was badly hurt, he managed to make it to the door and ran inside. All of the guys ran after him.
"What about the girl?" One of the men asked as he ran past Korra's hiding spot.
"Screw her." Another guy said. "She's not going far. We'll find and deal with her when we've finished with him"
They ran off. Funny how they would rather deal with a guy who had tried to make friends with a few days ago than a girl who basically killed their leader.
Then again, a few days ago if Korra had been thinking things through, they wouldn't be in this situation right now.
Korra shook her head and waited until all of the guys had ran after Bolin. She stood up from her spot, looked around and made sure the coast was clear before she ran off into the opposite direction that Bolin had ran. She ran through the darkness of the warehouse that she was inside. She had to use her memory to remember which way she had come from.
As she ran, she thought of Bolin. Stupid, dumb, idiotic, amazing Bolin. Fuck...she couldn't believe that her incredible friend would risk his life for her and after all of the shit that she had put him and his brother and girlfriend through. She didn't deserve a friend as incredible as him. She didn't even deserve to have him save her life multiple times. And now that he was risking blowing himself up just to make sure that she got out safe with the twins and Asami brought tears to her eyes, blurring her vision. She wiped them quickly. Bolin didn't deserve her tears. She didn't even deserve to be alive.
He should have killed me when he had the chance.
After running for what seemed like an eternity, Korra finally busted through the door that lead outside. She looked around. Where were the twins? Bolin said that they were out here.
Korra's ears picked up the sounds of gunshots. She heard screaming and she pulled out a knife from her boot and ran towards that sound of the guns firing. As she rounded the building, she saw that the twins were surrounded by Creepers. They were yelling and shooting at the corpses that were slowly advancing on them. Gripping her knife tighter, she ran towards them and began to stab every Creeper that she could get her hands on. Stab after stab after stab, Korra released her frustration as each corpse fell to the ground. She didn't even notice that the twins had stopped shooting and stared in awe as Korra continued to kill every last Creeper. Finally, all of them were dead as they laid in a heap of dead limbs all around Korra.
Korra panted and tried to catch her breath. She placed her hands on her knees on knees as sweat dripped down her chin and onto the ground beneath her. Her knife dripped with blood. She wiped it off on her jeans. After she caught her breath, mostly, she faced the twins.
"Are you two okay?" She asked, putting away her knife.
"Yeah." Alexis stated, putting her gun away. "We're fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah we're sure." Destiny said. She then help out her arms and turned around full circle. "See? No bites. We can handle ourselves."
Korra walked up to Destiny and rubbed her messy hair. "No doubt about that." She said.
Alexis looked around. "Where's Bolin?"
Korra looked down as she felt more tears blur her vision. She wiped them away before the twins could see them.
"He's still inside the warehouse." She stated. "He's been shot."
"What?!" Destiny exclaimed. "And you just left him?! We have to go help him!"
"We can't. He...He's probably..."
"Probably what?" Alexis asked.
"Nothing." Korra reassured. "He's fine. He's just taking longer to get out."
"Dead." Destiny muttered.
Korra and Alexis looked at her.
"What?" She asked. "I'm just saying what nobody else is going to say. He's probably dead isn't he? If he wasn't, then he's be out here with use."
Korra shook her head. She couldn't lie to them.
"I don't know." She said, morbid. "He could be fine but for all we know. He could be dead."
Destiny nodded and looked down.
"Is that his blood on your shirt?" She asked.
Korra nodded and Destiny slowly nodded. It was silent for a few moments before Korra looked around and realized that something, or someone, was missing.
"Where's Asami?" She asked.
The twins looked as each other. Korra hated when they did that because they always had a silent conversation when they gave each other that look. The both looked back at Korra.
"We don't know." Alexis said.
Korra almost wanted to laugh because it sounded almost as if she said that they didn't know where Asami was. "What?"
"We don't know." Destiny repeated for her sister.
Korra shook her head in disbelief. She then turned at looked out into the horizon. Asami...she wasn't with them...
Korra didn't bother stopping the tears that formed. She fell to the ground and began to sob. She sobbed loud, heartbroken sobbing. She didn't even care if her cries brought every Creeper within the miles, she sobbed and sobbed. How could she have let this happen? She had promised Asami that she would protect her and now she was missing. This was all her fault. Her and her fucking decision.
Korra didn't notice the twins sit on either side of her.
"This is all my fault." Korra stated through choked sobs. "This is all my fault."
"Hey." Alexis soothed. "No it's not."
"Yes it is! If I hadn't trusted those fuckers in the first place, Bolin wouldn't have had to risk his life and Asami would not be missing."
"Korra this isn't your fault." Destiny assured. "Any of us would have made the same mistake."
"Nut mine has probably gotten Bolin killed and Asami..."
Korra broke down crying again. She was such a fucking idiot.
"Maybe they got away." Alexis added hopefully.
"Yeah." Korra sniffed. "Maybe. They're both though as fuck. They...they probably made it out..."
"Come on." Destiny said. "It's getting late and it's a long walk back to camp-"
"No! We have to look for them. Asami! She could be out there somewhere! We can't just leave her!"
"We're not! But it won't help any of us to stumble around in the dark! The best chance of finding Asami is if we have daylight on our side and I don't know about you but I ran out of ammo and you know that I'm not good with knives."
Korra didn't like it, but Destiny had a point. They couldn't look for Asami in the dark and with no guns, things would just be tired. Plus, Korra was exhausted. She would probably pass out before long and die before she even started looking for Asami. Reluctantly, Korra nodded.
"Okay." She said. "First thing in the morning, we look for Asami and Bolin."
The twins nodded and stood up along with Korra. They began to walk down the long, deserted road. They had managed to get about a hundred feet before the warehouse behind them exploded.
So here is the prologue. Did you guys enjoy what you might read later? Should I continue? Please let me know if I should continue on with this story. Sorry for any spelling errors. My tumblr (if you want to follow it) is officalkorra. Just type that in and I should be there. Yeah. Leave your thoughts below. Thanks for reading.